Word: michigan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...easily verifiable facts are that I have given speeches for the President in Michigan, Ohio, Virginia, Indiana, Pennsylvania and California...
Carter disagreed with the conclusion that the Oregon defeat, combined with previous losses in Nebraska and Maryland and his squeaker win in Michigan, meant that his campaign was stalled. But he reluctantly acknowledged a "psychological setback in momentum." The damage from the string of defeats was readily reflected in several caucus states as they continued selecting delegates. Cooled off about Carter, Missouri Democrats gave him only 28 delegates instead of the 40 that he had reckoned on. A week earlier, he ended up with only 23 pledged delegates in Virginia -17 fewer than anticipated-though at least...
...letterman in some sport (33.8% captained a team) and scored 554 on the verbal scholastic aptitude test and 624 on the mathematics test-not up to the average scores of Harvard or Yale, but well within the reach of such excellent schools as the University of Michigan or Georgia Tech. All of the cadets were nominated for a place in the class by authorized officials, notably U.S. Senators and Congressmen. Many had wanted to enter West Point since early in their high school days or even before, and 13.4% had fathers who were career military officers...
...carry Illinois. Every election since 1916 has found that state on the winning side, and Daley's superhuman efforts to put Illinois in Kennedy's column proved decisive in 1960 (to the chagrin of Republicans suspicious of "ghost voting" illegalities). Ford is very strong in Illinois--besides Michigan it was his most significant win--so if Carter expects to come away with those 25 electoral votes, he'll need the Mayor's whole-hearted support...
...which plants produce the proteins necessary for growth. One researcher has already succeeded in showing that plant engineering may some day be practicable. In 1972 Peter Carlson of Brookhaven National Laboratory managed to unite the cells of two species of tobacco and produce a new plant. Carlson, now at Michigan State University, is currently trying to improve food crops such as corn and sorghum. Other researchers are working to produce plants that have greater resistance to cold, an achievement that could expand both growing seasons and areas where crops can be planted...